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Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:54:31 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430982@Myles Brown sorry for misspell, didnt mean to disrespect, still would like to know what basketball era you consider to be superior, as you commented on Jordans opponents as being gimps basically.
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Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:30:48 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430950[…] to disappoint you all, but it doesn’t seem as though we’ll have any more verbal fireworks between Phil (who claims he misspoke) and Kobe (who admits that he purposely ditched the Triangle […]
]]>By: Justinhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430812
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 14:04:34 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430812KG is also a 7 footer (or 6′ 12″ as he used to say lol) so scoring on small forwards and smaller power forwards shouldn’t have been a problem for him, especially with his athleticism. I will agree that scoring was definitely a weaker area of Pippen’s game and it could be argued that he was only the third best scorer on his team after Jordan and Kukoc. I believe that Kukoc could have scored lots more with the match up problems he gave teams but when you have Jordan and Pippen, he doesn’t get that chance.
]]>By: Conorohttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430789
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 13:24:56 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430789Nbk, that’s due in large part to my actually having a life outside of SLAMonline Forums…
]]>By: Jukaihttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430763
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:37:21 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430763I think when I said “not counting Pip” it should have been a giveaway that I wasn’t including him in the top-10 small forward list. But hey, sorry I didn’t clarify it enough!
Perhaps he never averaged over 22 points because he simply wasn’t that ludicrous of an offensive player? I’m not discounting 22 points a game in the most competitive league in history when defense was arguably at its best… but Pippen’s scoring was probably one of the weaker areas of his game. It is also why I can’t in good faith place him over a prime KG. I mean, KG as the go-to-guy in Minny put up 24-14-5-1.5-2.2 on 50% shooting. That’s one of the sickest lines for a season I’ve ever seen.
]]>By: Justinhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430760
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 12:27:02 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430760Most likely because of his tendency to pass first and it had to be quite the transition for him that year. And when you say “I still don’t think he’s top 5 SF” and then ramble off a bunch of names, it’s implying that those guys are better.
]]>By: Jukaihttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430727
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 11:09:45 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430727Also, as I said, his highest average was 22 points on 49% shooting. He never made it even a tenth of a point higher than that.
]]>By: Jukaihttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430726
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 11:04:50 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430726Justin: I never said Nique, English, or King were better than Pippen. I just said that there have been lots of dominant small forwards in history and named them all, didn’t even order them. I’d have Pippen anywhere from 5 to 7, depending on how I feel about him, Havlicek and Lebron James in any given day.
]]>By: Toweliehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430672
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 08:36:26 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430672You know what? I noticed that Pau Gasol doesn’t demand the ball whenever he is on the floor. On some possessions he doesn’t even touch the ball. The Lakers need to take advantage of their size and Gasol needs to demand the ball more.
]]>By: Justinhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430660
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 07:58:14 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430660I think Pippen showed his all around skills in ’94 when Jordan retired the first time. A very good case could have been made for him being the MVP that year, and the Kukoc incident aside, provided very good leadership to that team. There weren’t a lot of guys that could grab a rebound and start the break himself either by finishing at the rim or making the right pass. He didn’t score a bunch partly because he was a passer more than a scorer but I’m pretty sure the year that Jordan was gone he was in the 24 ppg range. BTW Jukai, you’re crazy if you think Dominique, Alex English, or Bernard King were better overall players than Pippen. Scorers maybe, but overall? Not a chance
]]>By: Jukaihttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430633
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 06:50:57 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430633I don’t like Kobe, I like to point out his flaws as much as anyone… but people are hating on him pretty bad here, it’s unwarranted. His team is playing way worse than he is. People hate on him for taking all the shots, but now he’s getting hate for not taking over games like MJ did. What’s this about?
And as for the next debate… KG > Pip > Dirk.
I know KG isn’t clutch. I know Dirk isn’t tough. But honestly, there was never any indication that Pippen was clutch and Pip shied away from a lot of fights and whined WAY MORE than just that one incident where Kukoc hurt his manhood.
Pippen was sort of an odd case. People forget all his pouting and all his controversy, but very few people can be said to have worked as hard as Pippen, or gotten undervalued as much as Pippen did. On the other hand, people look back and WAY overrate Pippen’s offense. Dude rarely averaged over 20 (and never over 22), he didn’t shoot a high percentage mostly because his value was on the fast break and his shot was a tinge on the streaky side… his 3-point shot was unreliable and he clanked some big free throws in his days (especially early when the Bulls were always owned by Detroit).
Still, he’s equally undervalued not because of his defense (people generally agree that he was lockdown beyond belief) but because of how great his passing and his rebounding was. Like, not just a great passer, but he’d occasionally create for other people, and distribute the ball perfectly.
I still don’t think he’s a top-5 all-time SF though. That class is STACKED (not counting Pip, you got Larry Legend and Dr. J and Rick the Miami Greyhound, Hondo and Baylor, King James and Big Game James, Dominique the Human Highlight and… Bernard King and Alex English, and if you remember any nicknames those guys had, kudos to you).
]]>By: the nervehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430624
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 06:30:32 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430624Nuckas be actin like i aint smart and edumacated like they is. I is smarter den most yall nuckas. Ima holla @ yall layter.
]]>By: the nervehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430622
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 06:17:40 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430622AAAA damn yall be tryna play me? Aight cool. Watch when I be comin up in here wit a new handle.NOOOOOO!!! Not da nerve!
]]>By: the nervehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430620
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 06:12:55 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430620Ima be back 2morrow when they let me in da computer room 4 a hot sec. Den we gon go @ it again cuz I be knowin a lot bout dis sports stuff. I is not gon take it easy on yall cuz I be knowing a whole lot more den u.
]]>By: the nervehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430619
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 06:03:24 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430619^^AAAAHHHHH!!! They got me!! They gonna destroy THE NNNNEEEERRRRVVVE!!! NNOOOOOOOO!!! Somebody HELP MEEEEE!!!
Punk ass NUCKAS!! LoLOLOLO
]]>By: the nervehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430618
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 06:00:41 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430618Miles y u be gettin mad for?
]]>By: Jukaihttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430609
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 05:50:32 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430609I hate it too, Miles.
]]>By: the nervehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430602
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 05:33:09 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430602yall know some of thos comments wasnt me. but trust i understand bcuz i herbed yall boy n shtt. its cool 4 real. yall know what it is anyway. crawwwfit gorgin on APs thing thing 2day majorly. clown @$$ f@gg0tt. u still my nicka/white boy tho. ayo erbody know its u CCRRAAAWWWWFIT!! Bryant gumbel. u ass, man. resortin 2 sayin dumb shtt under my name. its fun n games tho. u take it serious. u dat crackhead nicka who be like DONT SAY NUTHIN BOUT MY MOMMA even if they sayin good thangs. Clown.
]]>By: Myles Brownhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430565
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 04:29:58 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430565I hate when people spell my name wrong. Especially when it’s right in front of them.
]]>By: flipnoycehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430560
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 04:27:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430560HMMMM no one’s talking about 3peat, Kobe back to HOBE form again. I like it, the more he try to score the more the laker loses just like 06. I hope he’s not using that sacred finger of his as a lame excuse for poor shot selection that his always done.
]]>By: JeffOGhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430544
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 03:57:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430544@Ugh: Same can be said of ‘Lebron’ or ‘Heat’. @ Jackie Moon: I’d rather take the cash of the know-it-alls here.
]]>By: 80http://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430482
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:55:39 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430482@Miles Brown, if you whink Jordan had no competition during his era, what do you call this roadkill quality of a basketball now? I am just challenging you to try and explain to me what is the criteria you are comparing the basketball of 80-90 era to any basketball you appreciate so you can post most ignorant comment of all times. You pointed out some flaws of the players who played against Mike, but all of them and I can add 30 more are doctors of basketball compared to these poor guys who run across courts in the Nba of today.
]]>By: Ughhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430466
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:29:34 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430466Put the word ‘Kobe’ in the title and you get 200 comments. Do these people lurk, or do they have RSS for the word ‘Kobe’?
]]>By: Jackie Moonhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430459
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:23:48 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430459@JeffOG you can go to Vegas for that sort of stuff
]]>By: JeffOGhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430454
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 01:09:04 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430454Heat will beat the Lakers in the Finals this year. $500 wager. Takers?
]]>By: the nervehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430445
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:59:03 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430445I did the 3rd grade 6 times.
]]>By: the nervehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430441
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:52:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430441I’d teabag Kobe if I had the chance
]]>By: Tarzan Cooperhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430440
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:51:33 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430440Cool. See you tmrw crawford. …… Strange how the post up was a ghost town today because of phils comment about lobe. …. I bet figman is sad.
]]>By: the nervehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430435
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:48:24 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430435Did you guys kno I was a science experiment gone wrong? Also, I’m gayer than Jackie Moon and sunshine with rainbows. But that’s beside the point. I’m in love with Bryan. There…I said it. I rarely shower.
]]>By: the nervehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430432
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:42:47 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430432I aint gonna fuuk w/u 2 nite man. u my ni99a.
]]>By: Jackie Moonhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430430
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:41:42 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430430Me being gay doesn’t make me less a man. So yea I’m offended by your gay jokes. Grow up!
]]>By: tealishhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430428
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:39:39 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430428off*
]]>By: tealishhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430426
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:39:04 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430426Allenp — I understand Pip’s frustration. But there are about 82 better ways to vent your frustration in that situation. Even telling Phil to eff out, is fine. Refusing to return to the floor with your teammates when the effin’ game is on the line, is NOT one of them.
]]>By: Jackie Moonhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430416
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:27:39 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430416@Ovachicken Yay- you made a gay joke, by implying that someone was a homosexual, as if that was a terrible thing to be. Kudos to you, you awesome straight guy!
]]>By: Jackie Moonhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430408
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:19:24 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430408People tell me I am very mature for an eight year old.
]]>By: the nervehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430406
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:14:26 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430406Did yall kno the last time I wiped my ass Shermon Hemsley had hair on the top of his head? That built up fecal matter poisoned me all the way up to my brain. Plus, I hav a crush on Bryan.
]]>By: OvaChickenhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430404
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:10:38 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430404sorry bout that wee man , i take it back. but it was fun !
]]>By: OvaChickenhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430401
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:04:12 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430401sorry i take that back now i didnt mean to offend any homosexuals on this site. No hard feelings B ?
]]>By: OvaChickenhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430400
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:02:04 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430400YO MOMMAS SHOULDA SWALLOWED YOU !!!!!!!!!!
]]>By: OvaChickenhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430399
Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:00:55 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430399YO MOMMAS MOMMA FANNY BOZ !!!!
]]>By: OvaChickenhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430396
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:58:40 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430396The Heat should bring home the title this year. LOBE is the rapists new nickname & Brain Craw-Fish you think youre old at thirty something? Youre younger than me & id still kik ur fanny on the court. Wipe ur face with my ass, salt included. Make U SLOBBER-ON-MY-DOBBER B!t(h !! Don’t talk the talk if your monna sux …. —-> :-(======8
]]>By: Bryan Crawfordhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430395
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:58:11 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430395It’s all good, Tarzan. No harm done. I respect you because you actually add valuable basketball commentary and you don’t show up just to troll…
]]>By: JTaylor21http://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430388
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:48:44 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430388Enigmatic, if you put it that way, I feel where Pip’s coming from. I probably would have pouted also but I would have at least be in the game. Though I don’t competely agree with AllenP’s and your point of view, let’s just agree to disagree.
]]>By: Nbkhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430386
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:45:34 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430386JTaylor how can you know if Pip was a clutch shot maker? MJ (rightly so) took or decided who took all of them. And if you haven’t noticed it was always him or the best shooter on the team when the shot was most important. But HE, Michael Jordan, as the Best Player and catalyst to the teams success made that decision. Not Phil Jackson. It sounds weird but the play should be drawn up for the player who put in the most work. Like a pick and pop between Scottie and Tony, anything that gets your best player involved IMO
]]>By: Allenphttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430384
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:43:56 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430384Y’all don’t remember how much Scottie hated Kukoc and Krause, and how much he felt betrayed at times by Phil. This was a powder keg man.
But, we ain’t gonna agree, it’s been nice talking about it.
]]>By: Enigmatichttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430379
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:40:05 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430379JTaylor, you can’t compare the ’94 Pippen/Kukoc relationship to the ’04 Bryant/Fisher relationship.
Kobe and Fisher came in together as rookies, came up together and had mad love for one another and all that.
Scottie had put in years of work by Kukoc’s arrival, yet management still treated Kukoc like he was the golden boy and the future of the franchise.
Krause was absolutley enamored with Kukoc and there’s no way anyone can say that didn’t rub Scottie the wrong way.
]]>By: Nbkhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430378
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:39:46 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430378JTaylor has been around for years? Conoro comments what once every couple weeks lol random
]]>By: JTaylor21http://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430374
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:35:19 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430374AllenP, you’re making great points but I think you still fail to look at the big picture. I said that he let his teammates down not the coach. The players are not the coaches employees but they do have a duty to have their teammates back at all times on the floor and for their teammates to be able to trust them. Also are you really trying to compare MJ’s ability to make clutch shots to Pip’s? I would rather have MJ taking a contested half court shot for the GW than Pip take a wide open 3pt. Last but not least; did Kobe refuse to enter the game vs the spurs because PJax ran the GW shot for DFish?
]]>By: cleveland87http://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430373
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:35:15 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430373@ eboy

Florida = pseudo sports fans

]]>By: the nervehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430371
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:34:52 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430371i’ll take it from here. dont talk bout dat nickas family or else he’ll kill ya.
OH NOOOOOOOOOO!!!
]]>By: Tarzan Cooperhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430366
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:29:49 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430366I see now that allen started the unused ssperm thing and you were just going with that. I thought you just took a shot at me from nowhere. I dont know your mother, but im sure shes a nice lady. ……
]]>By: Conorohttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430363
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:22:17 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430363The sheer volume of trolls on here who CONTINUALLY and ANNUALLY put so much credence in the regular season are ridiculous. One would think that after the second or third consecutive year of being ashamedly wrong that they would stop. Yet that doesn’t seem to be the case; which seems to be more of a reflection of their collective intelligence… (Eboy, jTaylor – HaHaHa-, et al.)
]]>By: Allenphttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430362
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:22:16 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430362JTaylor
Again, you’re arguing that since things turned out well, it was the right choice.
If Kukoc’s misses the shot, is it still the right choice?
The right choice is not always determined by outcome, at least not in my opinion.
Jordan make a commerical about all the times he missed game winning shots, does that mean him taking the shot was the wrong choice?
Nah, Phil made the wrong choice, got the right result, and Scottie got the blame because most people think players are the employees of coaches.
They are not.
]]>By: Enigmatichttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430359
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:17:59 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430359What makes a commenter on here young? I’m 26. I’m a youngin’ to some, but I’m an old fart to others. I think it’s all relative.
]]>By: JTaylor21http://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430355
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:16:13 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430355AllenP, great points but Kukoc made the damn shot. Who gives a f*ck about scottie’s feelings, dude acted like a feline there and that’s what blackened his otherwise stellar career. There’s nothing anyone can say that can excuse Pip’s behavior, you don’t do that to your teammates no matter what. Just imagine if Wade or Bron had decided not to enter those games vs NO and Utah in the closing seconds because Spo drew up the final shot for eddie freaking house. That’s what makes basketball so fun and challenging because it takes a combined team effort to win games not one pouting a** star.
]]>By: Enigmatichttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430354
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:14:52 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430354Scottie Pippen made a little over $3 mil in ’94. I’d be p*ssed too if on top of that, I didn’t get the last shot.
]]>By: Nbkhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430347
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:08:57 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430347^ that wasn’t me
]]>By: Jackie Moonhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430346
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:07:38 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430346That last nbk comment was me, not nbk. Also, I now know nbk’s email address. Not that I would do anything with it. Thanks, Slam online web designers!
]]>By: Nbkhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430345
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:06:17 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430345@Brion – you mean Heat/Spurs Final? Either way, I will cry manly tears into my soup.
]]>By: Bryan Crawfordhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430342
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 23:03:04 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430342Actually Tarzan, the unused sperm comment alluded to the youth of a lot of the commenters here. That’s why I said it in reference to you and EF Hutton.
No need to get all defensive, stupid, and downright disrespectful about it.
But since you went there…
Had your mom not decided to turn her life around, you wouldn’t even be here. You would’ve ended up on her blouse after she wiped the corners of her mouth. Which probably would’ve been best.
]]>By: Allenphttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430340
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:59:21 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430340Bryan
Phil put Pippen in that position. Scottie doesn’t refuse to go in if he’s given a chance to take that shot.
Y’all have to put yourself in Pippen’s shoes. He had carried the load. He had proven himself on the toughest stage. He was the effing MAN that year, and Phil then draws up a play for Toni Kukoc the “Euro Magic” who Pippen made it his business to embarass in Barcelona, and who came into the league as a rookie making like $5 million more than Scottie.
This wasn’t a little decision by Phil’s calculating butt. He knew EXACTLY what he was doing, and that’s why he would have NEVER drawn up the same play for Jordan no matter what the defense knew.
]]>By: Allenphttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430339
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:56:55 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430339Tarzan
Chill man, he wasn’t going at your neck, he was referencing my earlier comment that many of y’all are youngin’s who get certain allusions or remember certain events because you weren’t alive when they happened
JTaylor
Myles and NBK have explained this already. It’s an entirely different animal when a player makes a decision to pass the ball and when a coach draws up a shot for someone else.
Against Utah one of those years, the Bulls were down three with time for one shot. You know who shot that three? It sure the hell wasn’t Steve Kerr or Toni Kukoc. Jordan, a pretty poor three point shooter for his whole career, took that shot because that’s what Jordan does!
Bryan
Pippen deserved to called out back when he was getting migraines against Detroit, but by 94, he was clutch. He wasn’t MJ clutch, but he was clutch. Bottom line, he was more clutch than Kukoc, and according to the numbers, was nearly his equal as a three point shooter.
Sure, Phil’s decision won the game, but that doesn’t mean it wasn’t disrespectful and it doesn’t mean Pippen wasn’t justified in saying “Go f*ck yourself” to Phil.
]]>By: Bryan Crawfordhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430337
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:52:42 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430337Oh and Allen, Phil drawing up that play for Kukoc didn’t darken Pip’s rep, Scottie’s refusal to go back into the game darkened his rep.
And then there was that incident where he threw the chair… But that’s a convo for another day.
]]>By: nbkhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430336
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:51:24 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430336MJ choosing to pass off his own shot, is wholly different then Scottie not even having a say.
]]>By: Tarzan Cooperhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430335
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:50:53 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430335Crawford, so im unused sperm for not knowing about a brokerage firm? A financial company that kited checks among other shady tactics, and got the slap on the wrist from the feds. A cheating financial company that got over on everyone and received no real punishment? Thats not common. And the companys been basically non existant for over twenty years. And im unused sperm for not knowing about the company? I could say that your mother uses my sperm for many things including but not limited to: a facial mask, stomach liner, and colon cleanser. But I wont say that. Instead, ill just say that your comment about me being unused sperm for not knowing about a long-obsolete company is misplaced and lame. ……….. … Lobe is a will continue to chuck because he does not want to be a second option again, esp if that means pau is the first option. Even tho that would be best for the team. Remember the mvp candidate pau from earlier? Lobe put an end to that. Now, pau cant get 10 shots a game.
]]>By: Yessehttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430333
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:49:18 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430333I really agree with Phil Jackson and Kobe should pass the ball around alot more. Lakers better get their heads straight or San Antonio will be in the finals.
]]>By: Brionhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430332
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:49:02 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430332What will yall do when its a Celtics / Spurs finals?
]]>By: JTaylor21http://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430331
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:48:30 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430331If MJ was man enough to pass up a GW shot to kerr why couldn’t have Pip been man enough to be a decoy. I don’t understand how people can take what PJax did as being disrespectful to pip? Isn’t his job as a coach to make sure that he draws up the right play regardless of whether his freaking best player’s pouting. Also MJ was the first option at all times because he was a better offensive player and shooter than Pip could have ever dreamed of. Like BCrawford said, the chances of Pip hitting that shot with the knicks D focused on him was little to none. Kukoc made the freaking shot, y’all acting like he chucked up an airball.
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Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:48:20 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430330Dear Kobe,

Thanks for generating so much web traffic.

Love,
SLAM Ed.

]]>By: Bryan Crawfordhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430327
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:43:30 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430327Allen, I think Phil knew then what we all know now… Pip wasn’t a clutch player.
]]>By: Enigmatichttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430325
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:41:05 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430325Why the hell everytime there’s actually a really dope discussion on here worth chopping it up about, it’s on days when I’m hella busy at work?! Damnit…
]]>By: nbkhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430324
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:40:15 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430324I think Allen has argued me onto his side of all this. Its not like some team that plays 8 games, they played a full season with scottie as “the man,” might as well act like it. If Phil drew up that play with MJ in the huddle he would have either done the same thing, or walked up to whoever was inbounding the ball and said, look you better give me the f’n ball or you’ll be wearing a different jersey next season.
]]>By: Jackie Moonhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430323
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:40:00 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430323@Allenp- you have a point, ends doesn’t always justify the means, but I do think it indicates that Phil had some insight into what the best shot to take would be and who would have the best chance to make it considering the situation. No one is “deserved” a last shot, it’s a matter of strategy and circumstance. In game 4 of the 2009 Finals, with the Lakers down 3, Phil told Kobe he thought the Magic would try to foul him, and so to pass it on if a Magic player came near him when he had the ball. He passed it off to Ariza, and Ariza gave it to Fisher who hit the three. Not exactly the same thing as a last second shot, but point stands that the best player does not always get the last shot.
]]>By: Allenphttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430322
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:38:07 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430322Myles saved me the keystrokes.
Great players deserves shots. That’s the gift and the curse.
Think about it.
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Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:34:54 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430318Michael decided to make Kerr the secondary option. Phil didn’t draw that play up. HUGE difference.
]]>By: Allenphttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430316
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:33:41 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430316Bryan, I can see that argument.
But eff that. Teams ALWAYS keyed in on Jordan on every last second shot he hit. Didn’t stop him from getting the ball. Pippen was asked to carry Jordan’s burden that year. Dammit, if the man is going to be given the responsibility, he deserves the rewards. That’s just how I see life.
]]>By: JTaylor21http://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430314
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:32:18 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430314AllenP, come on so. So now players deserve shots? You’re better than that. Pip was never a great 3pt shooter, so PJax decided to use him as a decoy to open up a good look for a better 3pt shooter in Kukoc. The same way MJ was used as a “decoy” to setup GW shots for Kerr and Paxson. Just because you’re the best player doesn’t mean you gotta take every GW shot.
]]>By: Allenphttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430312
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:32:06 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430312I guess my comment disappeared into the ether.
Anyway, Jackie, you’re saying that the ends justify the means, and I’ve never liked that argument.
Phil made a decision that went against almost all collective wisdom and had the added bonus of showing up his best player. That it worked is luck, not a sign that it was the right decision.
It’s kind of similar to how he wrote a tell-all book about Kobe before coming back to coach him. That worked out too, but that doesn’t make the book a smart move.
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Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:30:27 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430308Jackie
That’s an “end justifys the means” argument and I try to stay away from that justification as much as possible. That’s a slippery slope.
On paper, it was a dumbass move, and it alienated his best player. Sure, it worked, but it still showed Pippen up and forever darkened his rep.
Kind of like riding a book about Kobe.
Phil is a bit of penis.
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Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:28:58 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430306Allen, I didn’t say that Kukoc was killing, but you’ve got to hand it to Phil to have the stones to put the game in the hands of a rookie.
And I understand Pip being pissed, and I agree that he should’ve been given an opportunity to win the game, but I’ve learned over the years that PJax has a reason for everything.
Realistically speaking, I don’t think Pip hits that shot. NY’s defense would’ve keyed in on him making it extremely difficut given the circumstances to get it off. Kukoc would’ve had a much more open look at it.
]]>By: Allenphttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430305
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:28:01 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430305It was blatant disrespect and the only reason Phil gets a pass for it is because Scottie is seen as surly and soft, while Phil is a genius.
Plus, it angers fans everywhere to consider a player telling a coach he refuses to play. For some reason that grinds our collective gears.
I don’t have that problem. I thought it was wrong even back then that Scottie didn’t get that shot. I can imagine how pissed he was after carrying that team all year, and showing everybody he could hoop without Mike. He was considered by many to be the best or second best player in the league that year, and for him to be told that a freaking ROOKIE was getting the last second shot instead of him, well that is just beyond bogus. I don’t care what it did for Kukoc’s middling career.
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Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:27:17 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430304Love AllenPs comment at 4.51. So on point, except for the height disparity which is hard to cover with elite swingmen in today’s League and lack of superior 2 way players.
]]>By: Jackie Moonhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430302
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:26:33 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430302Re: Kukoc taking the last shot.

How can you argue the decision given the result?
]]>By: nbkhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430301
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:26:07 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-14303014, I was 4 years old when the Bulls won their first title. That’s crazy to me
]]>By: Jackie Moonhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430300
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:25:48 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430300Fast like a Nascar! Vroom vroom in ya boom boom
]]>By: Tarzan Cooperhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430299
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:24:12 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430299Ill check out hutton. And thats why I asked cuz I thought that duo would really challenge lakers and spurs. But what happened, happened, grant got hurt,. And kg lost in the first round many times……… Jtaylor, kg had things on defense that rodman didnt, but he was still da kid then, and didnt have his complete tool box yet.
]]>By: Allenphttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430297
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:23:46 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430297Man in that series, Kukoc only got the double figures ONCE. And he scored 12! It was his rookie year in the league, he was not killing, and for the season he shot 34 percent from three. In comparison, Scottie had been killing hte whole series, and shot 33 percent from three.
Scottie deserved that shot.
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Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:23:18 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430295Damn, Enigmatic… I was 14 when they won their 1st one.
I’m old.
Not as old as Eboy, but old just the same.
]]>By: nbkhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430294
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:21:44 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430294Because its a bad comparison, that is hard to translate because their physical appearance, style of play, system, and success are all very similar. But Jordan’s impact completely dwarfs Kobe’s. Thats not to say Kobe isn’t a great player, or one of the best ever, but the comparison as a serious “Kobe could be Michaels equal” is out of the question ridiculous.
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Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:21:31 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430293Allen, MJ is no decoy, you know this.
Also, I understand that was Pip’s moment, but Phil also took a gamble as well. He ran the risk of going down 3-0 in the series.
Interestingly enough, that play actually made Kukoc into the player he ultimately became.
Tarzan not knowing who EF Hutton is = unused sperm! LOL
]]>By: Enigmatichttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430292
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:21:18 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430292Back up, I remember how dominant those Bulls teams were. Come on now, I watched every game. But I was also 14 when they won their last title…
]]>By: Eboyhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430291
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:21:08 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430291Dennis neutralized Shaq in 96. THAT was huge.
]]>By: JTaylor21http://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430287
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:17:58 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430287Put it like this would have the 91-93 bulls been better with KG than they were with HoGrant (Damn right), Would the late 90s bulls be better with KG than with Rodman (not as much because I don’t think that KG could have pulled off the defensive gem Rodman had on Malone). They would have been way better offensively but they would have suffered a bit on the defensive end due to KG’s lack of girth. Also was prime KG better than 90s CB34 or 90s KMalone?
]]>By: Allenphttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430285
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:16:07 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430285Lol @ Tarzan.
I messed up on that one. You need to google E.F. Hutton to get the allusion.
But, the catchphrase for Hutton was that when he talked, people listened.
If TMac and KG had joined forces, and TMac committed to defense, then we would have multiple chances to determine who was better between Garnett and Duncan in the Finals, and we would have seen how Kobe fared against a near equal in the Finals as well.
It would have been epic.
]]>By: EJhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430284
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:15:17 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430284Why are MJ fans always getting upset with the Kobe vs MJ comprassion, when they always bring it up??
]]>By: nbkhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430282
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:12:58 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430282And Kukoc was a better shooter lol
]]>By: Tarzan Cooperhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430280
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:12:48 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430280Damn allen, no23 is so good he made your list with his first and last name. …… And who is ef hutton? …………. What if, somehow, kg joined tmac in orlando in 2000?
]]>By: Allenphttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430278
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:11:36 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430278Eff that Bryan.
If I’m the best player on the team, and I’m KILLING, I get the ball. Those are the rules.
I don’t care how much we’re down by, I get to take taht shot. Pippen earned that shot toiling in Jordan’s shadow. Phil knew how Scottie felt about Tony, and about his contract and about his place in the game alongside Jordan. That was Pippen’s moment, and instead of it leading to redemption it led to further pain.
Riddle me this, if MJ had hit for 25, you think Phil is drawing up a play where Jordan is the decoy?
]]>By: nbkhttp://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430276
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:11:05 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430276lol as i said i meant after the conference rounds for Kobe. And for Phil I said to win titles or he needs Michael Jordan. – And proves (in the way i meant it), means its a fact, which as of right now it is.
]]>By: JTaylor21http://www.slamonline.com/nba/phil-jackson-kobe-screwed-up-the-game-with-1-on-1-play/#comment-1430273
Mon, 03 Jan 2011 22:09:39 +0000http://www.slamonline.com/online/?p=105701#comment-1430273AllenP, I understand that Malone wasn’t the most clutch cat out there but it wasn’t like Pip was making anyone remember Jerry West out there. That one sequence when he refused to go into a game because PJax called the play for Kukoc was downright disgraceful. You don’t do that no matter how disrespected you may feel, imagine if Wade or Bron decided to sit out a final play because Spo ran it for EHouse? The media and fans would have shredded them to pieces.
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